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"Computer Ate My Vote" Kick-Off Day of Action in 18 U.S. States July 13, 2004

Nationwide Rallies Organized for Election Integrity
by a Coalition including Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
Voters Ask Election Officials to Pledge to Count All Votes.

In the largest grassroots response to date to the security risks of
touch-screen voting machines, a coalition of prominent national
organizations representing a combined membership of over 3 million
Americans will hold a day of action across 18 states,in 24 cities,
urging elected officials to adopt voting systems that produce
fool-proof paper trails by the U.S. November 2004 election.

The campaign will target states that are currently slated to use
paperless electronic voting terminals - the same machines that have
already lost or changed votes in states across the country. As many as
50 million Americans will use flawed touch-screen voting machines
unless action is taken soon to ensure voting security.

Attendees at this nationwide "Computer Ate My Vote" day of action
will present petitions favoring VVPBs and ask state election officials
to sign a Pledge for Election Integrity. The pledge commits the
signatories to use their authority to ensure the integrity of voting in
their state by requiring computerized voting machines to produce paper
records.

In June 2004 California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley issued
standards for an accessible, voter verified paper audit trail.

Coalition organizations include VerifiedVoting.org,
TrueMajority.org, Democracy For America, Common Cause, Electronic
Frontier Foundation, MoveOn.org, Working Assets, National Coalition for
Voting Integrity, and Computer Profssionals for Social
Responsibility.